Conflicts?: GIGABYTE GTX1080ti & MSI Armor GTX1080ti

[Storx]

I am thinking about adding a 2nd GTX1080ti to my gaming rig, I am really not happy with the cooling on the Armor since purchase, at new it did very very well, but since new the temps on it has slowly climbed and fan speed noise increased on the same games.. one of the fans makes an odd noise when its spinning less than 10%, MSI has really been no help on fixing it.. they want me to send it in, but telling me it would take 4-8 weeks to fix it..

So i have been thinking about adding a 2nd card, use it as the primary due to the better cooling design, then send off the MSI one to be repaired so i still have a PC to do my Business work with, then sli it in as a 2nd when it comes back from repair..

Would this work? i have little knowledge on the SLI aspects of modern cards...

 

[shrapnel_indie]

While you can get a second card, make it the primary GPU, especially while shipping the other one back under warranty, you cannot SLI any current gen NVidia card that is not a GTX-1070 or better. You could potentially make the second (and original) 1050Ti dedicated to Cuda core/PhysX use only though.



{EDIT} This did deserve to be down voted as my advice was for a completely different card than the one in the OP. My apologies to all for my error.

 

[Storx]

While you can get a second card, make it the primary GPU, especially while shipping the other one back under warranty, you cannot SLI any current gen NVidia card that is not a GTX-1070 or better. You could potentially make the second (and original) 1050Ti dedicated to Cuda core/PhysX use only though.

huh?

 

[shrapnel_indie]

huh?

NVidia doesn't do SLI anymore on their mainstream cards (GTX-1060 6GB, GTX-1060 3GB, GTX-1050Ti, GTX-1050 GTX-1030) Only on the higher end enthusiast cards (GTX-1070, GTX-1080, Titan X, GTX-1080Ti, Titan Xp), do they offer SLI, but even then they've limited them (officially) to a 2-card SLI config.

You can probably use the second GTX-1050Ti for general-purpose usage such as for apps that use Cuda cores and/or PhysX Physics.

(Hope this is easier to understand now.)


{EDIT} Now that I know I erred on the GPU of the OP, this can be ignored for this specific case. I apologize for my error.

 

[Storx]

i dont own a 1050ti..... im so confused on your response

 

[shrapnel_indie]

i dont own a 1050ti..... im so confused on your response

Sorry, my bad. I misread the GPU model.

I am thinking about adding a 2nd GTX1080ti to my gaming rig, I am really not happy with the cooling on the Armor since purchase, at new it did very very well, but since new the temps on it has slowly climbed and fan speed noise increased on the same games.. one of the fans makes an odd noise when its spinning less than 10%, MSI has really been no help on fixing it.. they want me to send it in, but telling me it would take 4-8 weeks to fix it..

So i have been thinking about adding a 2nd card, use it as the primary due to the better cooling design, then send off the MSI one to be repaired so i still have a PC to do my Business work with, then sli it in as a 2nd when it comes back from repair..

Would this work? i have little knowledge on the SLI aspects of modern cards...

Now that I am corrected on the model of GPU...

It will work as long as your motherboard supports SLI. Just note that both cards will sync to the performance levels of the slowest card.

 

[Storx]

i dont own a 1050ti..... im so confused on your response

Sorry, my bad. I misread the GPU model.

I am thinking about adding a 2nd GTX1080ti to my gaming rig, I am really not happy with the cooling on the Armor since purchase, at new it did very very well, but since new the temps on it has slowly climbed and fan speed noise increased on the same games.. one of the fans makes an odd noise when its spinning less than 10%, MSI has really been no help on fixing it.. they want me to send it in, but telling me it would take 4-8 weeks to fix it..

So i have been thinking about adding a 2nd card, use it as the primary due to the better cooling design, then send off the MSI one to be repaired so i still have a PC to do my Business work with, then sli it in as a 2nd when it comes back from repair..

Would this work? i have little knowledge on the SLI aspects of modern cards...

Now that I am corrected on the model of GPU...

It will work as long as your motherboard supports SLI. Just note that both cards will sync to the performance levels of the slowest card.

So i should be ok SLI'ing the 2 different cards together? just dont want to buy one and it not be able to connect to my other card.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

i dont own a 1050ti..... im so confused on your response

Sorry, my bad. I misread the GPU model.

I am thinking about adding a 2nd GTX1080ti to my gaming rig, I am really not happy with the cooling on the Armor since purchase, at new it did very very well, but since new the temps on it has slowly climbed and fan speed noise increased on the same games.. one of the fans makes an odd noise when its spinning less than 10%, MSI has really been no help on fixing it.. they want me to send it in, but telling me it would take 4-8 weeks to fix it..

So i have been thinking about adding a 2nd card, use it as the primary due to the better cooling design, then send off the MSI one to be repaired so i still have a PC to do my Business work with, then sli it in as a 2nd when it comes back from repair..

Would this work? i have little knowledge on the SLI aspects of modern cards...

Now that I am corrected on the model of GPU...

It will work as long as your motherboard supports SLI. Just note that both cards will sync to the performance levels of the slowest card.

So i should be ok SLI'ing the 2 different cards together? just dont want to buy one and it not be able to connect to my other card.

SLI linking is based on the GPU, not the card manufacturer. There should be no issues.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Except for EVGA cards, they decided to bork things by fiddling.

 

[Storx]

i dont own a 1050ti..... im so confused on your response

Sorry, my bad. I misread the GPU model.

I am thinking about adding a 2nd GTX1080ti to my gaming rig, I am really not happy with the cooling on the Armor since purchase, at new it did very very well, but since new the temps on it has slowly climbed and fan speed noise increased on the same games.. one of the fans makes an odd noise when its spinning less than 10%, MSI has really been no help on fixing it.. they want me to send it in, but telling me it would take 4-8 weeks to fix it..

So i have been thinking about adding a 2nd card, use it as the primary due to the better cooling design, then send off the MSI one to be repaired so i still have a PC to do my Business work with, then sli it in as a 2nd when it comes back from repair..

Would this work? i have little knowledge on the SLI aspects of modern cards...

Now that I am corrected on the model of GPU...

It will work as long as your motherboard supports SLI. Just note that both cards will sync to the performance levels of the slowest card.

So i should be ok SLI'ing the 2 different cards together? just dont want to buy one and it not be able to connect to my other card.

SLI linking is based on the GPU, not the card manufacturer. There should be no issues.

Do you think my 850watt PSU would be able to maintain the 2 1080ti's i use to have a pair of R9 390's previously.. just dont know if the new 1080ti requires more power really..

 

[shrapnel_indie]

i dont own a 1050ti..... im so confused on your response

Sorry, my bad. I misread the GPU model.

I am thinking about adding a 2nd GTX1080ti to my gaming rig, I am really not happy with the cooling on the Armor since purchase, at new it did very very well, but since new the temps on it has slowly climbed and fan speed noise increased on the same games.. one of the fans makes an odd noise when its spinning less than 10%, MSI has really been no help on fixing it.. they want me to send it in, but telling me it would take 4-8 weeks to fix it..

So i have been thinking about adding a 2nd card, use it as the primary due to the better cooling design, then send off the MSI one to be repaired so i still have a PC to do my Business work with, then sli it in as a 2nd when it comes back from repair..

Would this work? i have little knowledge on the SLI aspects of modern cards...

Now that I am corrected on the model of GPU...

It will work as long as your motherboard supports SLI. Just note that both cards will sync to the performance levels of the slowest card.

So i should be ok SLI'ing the 2 different cards together? just dont want to buy one and it not be able to connect to my other card.

SLI linking is based on the GPU, not the card manufacturer. There should be no issues.

Do you think my 850watt PSU would be able to maintain the 2 1080ti's i use to have a pair of R9 390's previously.. just dont know if the new 1080ti requires more power really..

Looking at TDP (I know, not really power draw, but good enough for comparisons)

R9-290X: 300W
R9-290: 250W
R9-390X: 275W
R9-390: 275W
GTX-1080: 180W
GTX-1080 (Zotac Amp Extreme): 300W

[EDIT]
GTX-1080Ti: 250W
GTX-1080Ti (Zotac models): 250, 270, and 320W
[/EDIT]

I would say there should be no issues in power draw. I would say that the power draw will actually be less, unless you choose the aforementioned Zotac GTX-1080 Amp! Extreme.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Nvidia lists the power (not the TDP) as 250w for the 1080Ti :- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080-ti/

 

[shrapnel_indie]

Nvidia lists the power (not the TDP) as 250w for the 1050Ti :- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080-ti/

Of course partners can ignore that when developing their own versions... at least to a point.

EDIT: of course the only one that seems to have ignored it is Zotac with a 320W and a 270W model in addition to a 250W model.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Nvidia lists the power (not the TDP) as 250w for the 1080Ti :- https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080-ti/

Of course partners can ignore that when developing their own versions... at least to a point.

Some partners can and some can't, it depends on the contract they have with Nvidia. I always start with Nvidia's base specs though as they tend to be more reliable than the various reviewing sites.